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SYNOPSIS
Man Imown a.S.Coelt Robin' is -found
with an :arrow through the heart. Then
, • •: a • Diane. chap named SprIgg is shot
, • through the top of the'head-The raw-
-darer writes. mocking notes signed The
• , Bishop. District AttorneyMarkham asks
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e, aid of Philo-auce. ‘
• , "The following peoplelare associated
with the caSe;: Prof:, Dil ard; -his niece,
, • Bene;•his protege, •Sigurd Arnesson. who
. hopes to marry Belle. John :Pardee: .4
..neiehbor • with a• passlon for chess; Mrs.
Drukker, and -her son Adolph, a cripple
• • with a. super -Mind:
"-„,; -74 -Vance ts. convinced Drokker :is holding
oack nforination and the night that Ile
determines to.find out what it is, Druir.-
. • • ker :Is murdered. The shock kills 1Vira:
Drukker. • Vance checks over 'Pardee's
•••• .mOvenients,and deleiniines to question
' him, but that night Pard,eildommits stiV;
, the Dillard house. •
• ..CHAPT.X.. 134LX:1, 4;.-(Cii5iled.) •.
- • 9 atrajrs leave them slightly' oPen By. ANNEBELLE WORTHINLGTON
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this ileeee Theee are two flights of
stairs,length of the leWer
UR' AO_ a between. IgereoVer, the:
wails o! tsq1d lieusa,-,are. very :thick
and solid." • • ' " • , • • '',
"And u0 PIPPleMeated.:Vanee.,.
4"gould ,have heard the. :shot :frogeth
street,:for the .nkthery•-reorii windows
were earettabis Vipaed," •
The professor nodded and gee*hint.
a searching Took. . 3
• "That, iS :true, I see yOn, no,
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0...vaie Anecdotes •
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eeetreeted dretigh ie AO. :14lighe
lag //letter eo be giere, •Aii amusing (*Ix . M
Qld Fashiotied Senater"--;--a hiography afh'
story teld'hyleerris,picleion "Ap
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of34.141 Sharp Williams, Mississippi 141:2,10,9
• statesman):
• .• whet amine before; Captain
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Due to a-logg spoil at dry weather , dying to -.lanai; With the Chinese -General
the Williarati panda 'had gone dry 14" TheY ran out 4asallne -and are
young Jehn was digging a well,. trying. fh9rece4Cidtnese, Sea. . •
land in a deserted •island in.
to :get Water fpi• his leilers. Black After eu!' advelltere With the Shari;
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lY see your hand when yan'" ,held .
ent• atraight. 'the branches dripped
With moisture and we huddled close
to the •camp fire. • Even General
ticed that peculiar circumstance.
should have Shut the windOws."
don't quite' understand why Pardee -tug of the Rant treasurers of his stood in the centre ; Of the little des-. ci‘c'ties•
Cato was the well-cl.igger, besides be- erted
iaiand
* * * * • ing big tire, in hope that some pase'
we climbed up on the high rock that f.,u shivered through his six mitts: of
Suddenly, L woe up 'with a start. •
Beath) sneezed in disgust
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have never been satisfeetorilY explain.: 70r. the better part of the afternoon• • ,
ing 'ship vi Hero we lit, le roar., and hid him If the wodpile ;
; , A d,eep ruinbli
ng sound drifteu in
"The idlosYncresies a suicides
young John had noticed five other ould see -us - •
kept •it blazing but, from the •sea. 1 grabbed Chung' .ed," returned Vance ces.ually. Then, . AU night
.ri
after a short paUse, Ad asked:, "What
were you and • M. Pardee • talking
•about.deriag ;the hell. preceding his
departurer 4 ' ••
"We tilkedeierY little. I was. More
or less engaged with a •rie eeteier of de bank forty three dpiJars.". . . .
Milliltan"s„ in the 'Physics Review' 0,1 ;:i;Ctaof:(?1;Savehtlwaya,;iJ,tolriui.heisbjeodinte4d,,•14eie
eelkali doublets, he aintised'himself atl.
the: Chessboard, for the best pert of.' "Y:A$. kith: 'elitt en :.ean't get our
;the hoer." " •. •' •• ,' : ,Inon-PY ....without .Cato-all.six of -'us Is
negro men loafing around - the: well,
and finally asked thein . what they
,ianted.
"Us wants Cato tO to to town' W41
nk, git our :church Money olden
ot One efiegti
.Vance glanced at ilee thestshoenel. eeeqe to -sign. •
'numbeee-of pees standing,e 4 '• • ' ••
on, the squares; and ,roe quickly This • wise PleCtintion • was made
by the defaleations of yeti:.
4and frossed the rem*. to • the_ little_ _necessary
•thurch tteasurerso-
. 'Syoung John
table, -Alter a momentelte came back
Before -.Markham . could -make ;any' and -reseatetd: hitesehr.„
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called for Cato to climb out of the well
reply Peene; Ushered Detective Burke' "Moat CureoUe," he murmured, and arid said
, o'
:into the room; and Vance took the VerY, delibeeately lighted"a cigaretteCato these boys want tget their
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oppOrtunity of questioning jhef lintler "Heewas evidently pondering oVer the -church money. -Have you 'got that
forty-three dollars in bank?"
suh; de :mailers dere all
right." •
"Very. geed. 'Go In the store and
..make out your cheque. Then I'll give
you the money on it, and yon.need not.
leave. your work." •• •• • '
' "Buedet wont do, Mister John; dat•,
won't do."
• "Why not?"
, "Cause :to it the nioney Out, de
• bank, it takes six ineinesbii decheque,
and six faces at de bank Winder -six
names an' six faces." ••
about his discoeery of Pardee
"How did it happen you entered the
• archtty-room this inorninkr, he ask-
ed.
"It was a bit Close the Pantry,
sir," the man returned, "and I opened.
the door at the foot Of the stairs •
get a little more air. • Then I noticed
end of Ms game with Rubinstein just
before he went downstairs last night.
The:pieces are bet up exactly as they
wexe at the time he • esigned the con-
' test --with the inevitable black -bishop -
mate only five moves pit"
(To be cinitinued.)
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that the 'Shades were down-'' -
"It's not customary to draw the •
hat New York
"NO, sir4not in this,room." Is Wearing
shades at:night, then?"
• "How about the windows?"
• •• -Arance steed looking down at the from e top. at night."" , •
e, ' • _ scene ,wit.sad, troubled eyes, ' _• • ' "Were:they left open last -night?" IllusOnted Drosktnaking .e.tnion Fur-
----'7 -- - Ific eacee John Pardee," le men. ;."Yes, eke,
• . . atfited With_;:gsveiv Patters
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inured, with a sort of reverence. "And "Very good. And after yen opened
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He stepped forward as if to inspect, thinking Miss Dillard had forgotten to•: . • . •e• ,.'
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a hesSe.of cgrds. . ..." •.• .•:•"e:: 'started te.pet ::eut' the 'lights:, , : •
e'iteno-fecliesely:; but as his body struck: etitte',:the night ; but jiist
the' edge of the • eable there was. a.• then saw the poor gentleman ehere
7 -ar-theetableiandev.ventV eap
• infeermed-profese se
Markham • drew': hinesell aita. , • sIletelleeknew aboetethe- tr
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turned to Heath. "
• "Have you Whited the Medical Eke "I told her of it right after you
aminer. . , gentlemen arrived" •
eStireeeTheeSeegeentesemetedeto find "What time -did yotte-and-Beedle-re---
. it Aliffictelt to take his eyes from the tire last night"
"At ten o'clock, sir." ••
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• When Pyne had left Us Markham
addressed Prgfessor Dillard.
• "It might be just as well for you to
give us What details yen can while
we're waiting for , Doctor Doremus.
'Shall we go upstairs?". „•
• Burkeremained in the arclery4oOM
and, the rest of us Went to the library.
"I!.m. afraid there's little I can tell
.you," the profeSior -began, 'settling
• himself and taking out hie pipe, There
was a noticeable reserve' in his man-
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ner-a kiri-d-Tef detached reluctance.
"Pardee came here lest night after
I dee has been here." ' dinner, ostensibly to chat with Ames-
'Ae this moment Arnesson, clotheel son but actually, imagine, to see
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Bel
in a brilliant red-andeyellow.dressing-
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le. le however excilsed nerSelf
own burst burst excitedly into the room. early -and went to bed -the Child had
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table. "And Burke's coming along,
in case we need him." He went to`the
windows and threw up•the shades,
, • ting in the -bright daylight. Then he
• retuned to Pardee's :body and .stood
regarding it •appraisingly. Suddenly
he knelt down and leaned over..
• "That looks to me like the .38 that
, was in the tool -chest," he remarked.
"Undoubtedly," nodded Vance, tak-
ing -out his cigarette case.
• Heath rose and, going to the chest,
• inspected the'contents of its drawers.
. "1 guess lierreeitralleilghti'WelFff
'•• Miss Dillard to identify it ,after the
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"Byeall the witches!" he 'exclaimed.
"Pyne" just told ine the news."' He
came to the table and stared at Par,
dee's body. "Snicide, ph? #(2 But
'whY didn't he chooee his own lunne.
• -for the performance? Damned incon-
• siderete:ef him to' muss up some One
else's house this way. Just like a chess
Player." • He lifted his eyes to Mark-
ham.• "Hope this won't involve us in
• more unpleasantness. • We've , had
• enough notoriety. Disteactilie Mind.
When'll you be able to take the :bee -
gar's remain's away? ,Don't want
Belle to. see him."
"The body will be removed as eoon
• as the Medical Exatriiner.has seen it," got the to go.' •
Markham told him in a tone of frosty "Where wet Mr. Arnesson during
rebuke. "And there will be no neces- the .evening?"
' fifty to bring Miss Dillard here." . "Sigurd remained here talking with-
• "Good." Arriesson still „Stood star- -us for an hour or so after Belle had
ing at the dead man. Slowly :a look °f retired and then went to bed; He'd
cynical Wistfelriess came over hislitee.
"Poor devil! Life was too finch .fer
• him. • Hypersensitive -no ,psychic
stamina. Took things toe seribusly.
• Brooded over h."..8 fate ever since his
e
• gambit • went up in smoke. :Couldn't "that Mr. PardeImpressed you as
• find any- other diversion. The black being under a mental stralle?"
bishop hatfili him; probably tipped
a bad headach;v-•-and Pardee remain-
ed until about half .past eleVen. Then,
he went out; and.that was the lastI
-saw of -him unta-Ryne brought me -the -
terrible newstthis .merning. ."
• "But if," put in Vance, "Mr. Pardee
came to see yc;ur niece,. how do you
account for his staying so Tate after -
she had retired?" "
"I don't account for it." The old
man 0xhibited mph xity. "He gave
inthe prestion, though, that there was
something on his .mind and thati he
desired 'a sense of human. on tact.; The
fact is,:I •had to hint rather broadly
about being tired hefore he finally
been hugr with, Drukker's affairs all
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'Of course • want Of the'
new Vionnet-blouses. . • ' ' •• • •
• And isn't this this ene full: of :dash ,aed
Chic?. . • •• •• •
•• -The sharpeeliagcmal_elosing-teede-
•cidedly slimming: It • ceetnS' to- run
up .to meet 'thesoftly •fallingerevers
•thet, 'also:. do their bit- in detracting
from .breadth. The sleeves have the
;ileepeilareelL-back-cuffeejeirmeetiehee--:
: It's" perfectly dear :in , yellow .eye..
let batiste worn with a skirt of Match-
ing ,Yellow •crepe • • . -7 •
.is • designed for .sizes
16; • 18; years,136, 38, 40 and 42 inches
bust. • Size ,36 requires 274) • yards, 39-
ineh.' . . • .
• White ere& satin is stunning worn
with a black crepe silk skitt.• •
.• Linen, printed batiste, petted voile
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and pastel or, white crepe tub silk,
ideally suited to this becoming •model.
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• HOW TO., ORDER PATTERNS ' •
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:A Labor inember of the British Par-.
•Ilament who had -hut -recently returned- •,
from a visit to the United States in, they .were so full :of bonet Being.,
all men Sainee whea eleen. • No . .. • ,
formed the . House of Commons that left oil a desert island ,isn't half as
muchee worry."
'when -he -Wei in New -York he. W:gyeliF: ---laxch fun as we were taught to be-
vited to try a drink known as .'sear lie."' when we 04 be continued,j ee . -.---e e-• .-- .
the man Who named it lea jtery. poor .
- -f-- fit ie. .'" ' - - like sea weed and salt water and Star Bldg., Toronto, will receive his ' •
were bees.: . - ' '
• On the fifth night a dense cold' fog Note: • Any of our young readers-
beer." '
All I can say he observed, "is that
' • * came in .from the nee. -.It smelled writing ' Ate. "Captiiiie".Jinne-e.", - 2010 --: e „.•
judge o d a e. . ... se -scree -1 - • -y-oue-eou
h" ele-theit-- ld-setersiglitel-epeetp-freti.: ... • 2 ....: .„Le e _ • :'
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., :45:.:01:: ..A bs. irg: k.o: end shot* him. and he limped to his:.
grey. " and . , 'c 0 .1 e : rfeuem•t4wiletgli ;:usn'ydels1.4'ni," 1Tahxeanin,t.hec)nd• qeeep , •• . .
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the
hi; ti. I tl le6 , .. r jo n or 8 a II After 011A.stearner horn'
i tWlee" • '•.. 'd '' ' .
, $.-
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.03'11ti wepiled ' !. Sure oh: ' Atthe deep ; •
.(... :i', enough was • . '.
on' Wood 1 tPcett: born of a: freighter. ',..Frentle4 .
'til'•- greut ',:,Lildi •,ellY,' We Piled,-T.WPOd 'on.. the,fire.- . •I'.
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peleite -figuted th'at' seme• .steatrier *kg .•ovt , o
!to
*Mit up to the
lands- but never, ' ' 1 , '
there 111;:. the foge not daring ,te move ' • .. ••
".tiC e•eieon''theitill4,' giStileYC'Qiicielfaen didihuonatir14• wth;14adi4rth°°171.141*.. 114-":4adrumr;';91-teetr
' wood •and brush. -trired. down w
the -open •
Greer smooth swells came in, fromwater, reie--4'anti ,crashed ,tratked..., Until we • almbst dropried :' • ,
't from the sound of the '
wttb,_aLdAn_biw.m_againat. .03,0 ..rjacioLl train Weariness. , 'Li fOrget that -he.: • • • .'
but par
waves our Oland Seethed • to be 'the' was • • a General- and workedTilie . a
tnost •agent, deierted •spot :-.:in the: TrOjam. If. only the plaza could be
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made bright enough . to penetrate •
world, Sometinies we'd find our,
selves whispering-7why 1 • don't
know -for we could have shouted all
day :at the ton of our voices and
noonewould have :heard UL"
Day after day We kept, the smoke;
Pillar rising, into- thee sky -night
after night we kindled a huge yet-
loW blaze on the summit rock. • We
almost gave up hope of being resew-
• .ed.' No doubt We were far froM.
the regular steamer cheitnels.
When We weren't,. gathering wood
for the fire, we ware huriting eggs in
the sand -and believe me -they
were eertainly terrible. - „We caught «Sloo we knew-velly good-velle
a few fish -but they- were vere
• bad -no can telt" said the tranquil
sniall and felt. like PIP. ciishions,
little. Chinese.---"$leep ,alwaY,s
the fag- .
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Then. meriting eel° 'again, and.
.a , .
. strong n d , •
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°blew up from „ • ••
'the East. Soon •
the alt • Would'. 'e. •
,clear.
•impatienti3 .up -- ', • •
and -down tree -et:, •
.ing*to peer.
.through the '
• .t hick . white •
:curtain; ,ef the: fog.. e • ' ,
Chung,' to. my surprise,' lay detyn
and peepired. go pe.•acefully, to . '
sleep; • • •
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•-Did2Lyou-Leenow-2that-ReatsTwrote a.
sonnet' to the, cat? Here are.•seme of
the e linee-Lquoted .,In : 'lLondon :At
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'Home:" • ? - : •
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Catf-who' host-Paeeede-ther grand .ell:----
maeteric,
. Hciw many mice end rate hist le thy.]
•Chocolatexklalte Milt.
" The healthgiving, delicious drink for children iId grown-
•; Destioy'd? How Many titbits stolen' • ' •
With those brightlanguid seginents.
green, and /rick '-
• Those. velvet . :-
Sir Joseph Stamp, the economists
tells a story about a candidate for par-:
liamentary honors who,-Canassing a
:coeititiieney, 'caught' sight Of two
email children _hand in hand _before
their coitage door, their meth -Cr !stand,
ing slightly in the -background.' :
Ailxious to do the right thing, and
struck by the similarity ,of their ap
peiazaece, he inquired if they ev..ere
twins. • • •
"No, .81r," they- answered.
"Well, how 'old are you?' he asked
one. •
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she ansWee
"And ho* old are you?" he asked
the other.
"Five." • - ,
"Dearme both five, and not twins!
How do you manage that?"
"Please, sir, 'we • are ttiplets," Was
the answer. "Billy's indoors:"
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• --Pound 'and itklf Pound tins at your grocers.
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him Was %old iri S. new way. . ete bad
always been interested in ,the
controVersy.• •tal• •
'When I -get to leaven,' he said,
am going' straight to Bacon and ask
him if he really wrote :all ,those plays
ot Shakespeare.' • •
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'Tot SOppose he's not thee,' seg.
g(listed one of the listeners. i•
" 'When -y_o_h_ctui,aal. 'the -
ready retort. , • ,
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, And; .1). luek Would hare it; FeHop-
.kinson Smite (paieter :and• anther) re-
appeared at the club the same night.
• 'They say that New Yorkers
lacking' in the courtesyewe fine. so I
general -in the Smith. It is, a mistake,'.
he seid.Theeother day I stood-att
the :end 'oc' a long, line men who
_Were waiting to bay their tiekets -at
the Grand Central Station, when a
man; under a mild alcoholic stiinulus,'
thrust himself forward, bange.d,•, down
half a 'dollar and demanded a ticket
Buffalo.
"'You must take y'eue turn in the
line;' -said:the ticket agent. eAnyWaY
"Nowhere," once remarked Henry.
you can't go to Buffalo for half e doe
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• ' • - Sic Transit ...-. . •• .
The Cities Of •the Plain are dust, ' , •
Assyria is fox's plunder;- • . .
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SidOn and 'Tyre to : Silence thust, ' •
Ilinevah: fallen With :fire and thunder
Aercins'the Margin: of the werld . , '
The:drift of Babylon ie swirld, . . . • • .. .
Ancenturies of rot and rust . .
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-Have-gnawm-QaPermtunr astinder: . e •-• :-- ---
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Stene ciimbl--moee stanchly. res - but . •
. fares. ., '• • , • . • • •
A Dust incredibly translated; ,‘ • ... ., .
Judas still haggles at his wares, • • ' •
:Cain is :forever new -Created; '
Delilah in :a Paris frock'
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Goes out to tea. at five o'clqick: - ' • •
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Selme-elimbsethe-s-uhwa-yletairse - - . . ----- -
eotiphar takes the Elevated!. • .
• -Sara Henderson Hay; ineHarper's •
• Magazine..
• Write your 'name and address plain:. o o ear such gob k ta as at
ly, giving nymber and size of Buell the Authors Club,' 'and after reading
patterns as youwant. 'Enclose 20c in the fascinating Chapter tfevoted: to
stele/ups oe coin (coin preferred; wrap that faniolis club in the deminiscences
ifilharefully) for- each number, ani of James ;Howard Briege, a former
addressi,your ordnr to Wilson Pattern Preeldent, It quite believable! '
Service, 73 West Adelaide S., Tronte,
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• Error is • a hardy plant! it flour-
-isheth in every soil. -Martin tupper.,
afternoon and was played out." •• • So cheer up!
, "What time Wopld that have been?" - "We inhabitants of the earth en -
.Mark Twain seemed; to come back
to \the club a few nights ago," sighs and ' courtesy Of the 'average. New
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Me. bridge On "Millionaires arid Grub Yorker?" •
Street,") "When an old Story about - * *• • * • e
" 'Whee can I Igo?' asked the in-
ebriate. •
"And,' said Hopkinson Smith with '
deep solmnity, "every man in the line '
told him where he could go!' Does
that not prove the innate kindness
"About .half past ten."-•
"And You say,". continued ance,
drove him to self-destructiop. Might
ln't be surprised if the idea
thriysiriegiteoeE'efrto;:ekiteat
have imagined he was a cher e bishop
Gdi
atlixeis.wOrEldy
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guise of his nemesis:" •
• "Clever idee," returned Vance. "ily
i • the by there Wias a houteesf cfe], --
the table 'when we Sint eaw the bee,
"Hal I wondered what the cards
were doing there. Thotight he might
, have sought sole in •solitaire dueeig
his last monents. . . .; A Gerd house,
h? Seuncls foolih. -po you know
the answer?" •
"Not all °lit. 'The house that Jack
built'might :explain .sorriething.1
"I see."Arneeson looked owlish.
"Playieg childrn's gatries to the end
--even on himself: Queer notion." Le
• yawned •cavernously. • "Guess I'll get
• .some clothes on." And he went up•
staire;
the episod; and Marklutni took up
sor Dillard badstood watch.
• "Not d strain exactly." The profes-
sor drew on his pipe. "He appeared
depressed, almostlymelancho!"
"Did it strike you that he was in
feer of something?" .
"No; not in the least. He was more
like a man who had suffered a great
sorrow and couldn't shake the effects
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of ." •
"When he went opt did you go with
him into the hall --that is, did you
fiotice which direction he took?"
"No: We always treated Pardee -
very informally liete. He said good
night and- left the room'. . I took it for
granted he went to the front door and
let himself otit."
"Did you go t� -your room at fence?"
'In about ten minntes: stayed up -
only long enough to arrange Berle
papers I'd been 'working on."
Vance lapsed into silence -44e was '
obviously puzzled over some Otago of ,
IA Close Race
Profes
ing Arnesson with a look at once dii the ititer.r°gati°n•
suppose," he geld, "that it i-
- tressed and 'paternal, Now he turned ,
eto Meridiem witha gesture of annoy. usOess t° ask. if Y°11 heard any anand
last ght that might • have been a
• Aimee ••4 /4
"igerd's always pi oteet"ng hireself •
'Everything in the house %Val
• waiut his eri..;,eme. Ns"' nehanied
his :feelings, frea(.. his car- "M
fittiet," Prole ss(yr balard rcpficil.
"Ailvi anyway no sound Of a fshot
!eila itttfcle tocseriOnbiy."
would ciery from the arhy-rdoM
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J. Shottle, Jr,, American skipper, the rIcial'Unitc(1 3tato:-;
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in early races. , • ' . ,
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• ' any that high 'temperaure
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can ' bo lessened by .the use of
plants.' * • „ •
"Ice plants?"
joy a piece of good -fortune which we •
take almost as much -for granted as •
Fact
the air we breathe," says Sir James
Jeans, noted nettonomer (in • "The t- is a singular fact, that it ip easy.
Stars lit Their Courses") "I Mean the enough toelearly 7.ee and to acknowle
face that wehavti aerensparent atmos- edge *hat is good arid better, but
tee. Some of thether-planetohen-ene-atteinpie to inelre-thent
instance, Venus and Stipiter, have at- his,pwn, and to grasp them, sdnie,
mospheres 'which are so Ihick-with how .they slip away as it were be-
clouds ,as to be totally opaque. If we :e•een one's finers.
had been born on Venus or Jupiter
should have liVed our lives without
aver seeing through the Ands and so '
houlli have known nOthing of the,
i.)catity and poetry; of the night sky":.
,;imna Courts Take Months
To Define a Sheet of Paper
Viefina.What es a sheet -of paper?
be •anwee Might Seem fairly oliVioie •
at It las taken the Austrian .court
tany Menthe to decide it. • '
• The question -had its origin le th.
•• rain:et an Austrian tax Official who..
eticing that in .acretaih legel do -t
•..t,nt' the foolscap pages had been: et
part end. then refatened, conceive; , •
10 idea.. -that each Separate page inn
nr a separate legal stamp instead
ite suffiehig for the whole. documeee
The loWer coints sustained the.
' Mien. , Put -the upper triimeal d
,(1•1 thikt so ter as its qbilitY to tie
' ;IMO .tax. W55-Cosizirointl; 'a sheet --tvs
t ,stieet of papr, even when it had
• ,can cut into -four separate pages.
a' w‘e AStgla16; XVF4.'edirx ., 144. •
Why suffer when relief is
prompt and harmless:
oiER
Millions of peeple have learned to
depend on Aspirin tablets to relieve a
eidderi headache. They know it eases
the pain So quckly: And that it brie
iarnitess. Genuine Aspirin tablets never
eirm the heart. Read direetions in pack -
Age for hadache, neuralgia, siimeter
pain Of all kinds,
• ., TAADa Mdlik NEC
eMade in Canada.
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